Call Me Crazy, But I've Never Liked Store-bought Pesto

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Call Me Crazy, But I've Never Liked Store-bought Pesto refers to a series of stitched videos on TikTok with a creator who opens a cooking video with "Call me crazy if you want, but I've never liked store-bought pesto." The video inspired several users to interrupt her with a significantly "crazier" story of their own.

Origin

On September 1st, 2023, TikToker susi.vidal posted a TikTok^[1] in which she made homemade pesto sauce, opening the video with "Call me crazy if you want, but I've never liked store-bought pesto." The video gained over 685,000 likes in six weeks (shown below).

@susi.vidal
the only pesto recipe you need: 1c basil, 1/3c parmesan, 1/4c olive oil, 2 large garlic cloves, 1 1/2tbsp pine nuts, 1tbsp lemon juice, pinch of salt! Blend until smooth! 💚

♬ original sound – Susi

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On September 12th, 2023, TikToker payjthegemini^[2] posted the first viral stitch of the video, interrupting susi.vidal with a sarcastic "Oh my god, you're so crazy girl!" The video gained over 1.1 million likes in one month (shown below, left). On September 14th, TikToker @notclay^[3] posted a joke that he had to call the police to intervene because susi.vidal was being "too crazy," gaining over 376,000 likes in the same time frame (shown below, right).

@payjthegemini #stitch with @Susi so freaking crazy dude!!!! #fyp #viral ♬ original sound – K Payj Burns 🍄

@nottclay #stitch with @Susi ♬ original sound – nottclay

The trend of one-upping susi.vidal's "crazy" story began in late September. On September 25th, TikToker fashiongirl42069^[4] interrupted the TikTok with her story about how she'd recently bitten a man, gaining over 686,000 likes in three weeks (shown below, left). On October 6th, user @briannainreallife^[5] posted a similar stitch with a story about how her husband vanished for hours on their wedding night, gaining over 24,000 likes in one week (shown below, right).

@fashiongirl42069 #stitch with @Susi #greenscreen ♬ original sound – Carly Aquilino

@briannainreallife #stitch with @Susi ♬ original sound – Brianna Archuletta

Various Examples

@literallyjohngreen #stitch with @Susi ♬ original sound – John Green

@maegansoliz #stitch with @Susi the crazier thing is we are on good terms and no hard feelings 😂 Thats craazzyyyyy #stitch #storytime #fyp #comdey ♬ original sound – Maegan